Secretary General, Amb. Ettore Francesco Sequi, met with Japan’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Takeo Mori

Secretary General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met today at the Farnesina with Japan’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Takeo Mori, with whom he held consultations on major bilateral, regional, and global issues. They both expressed satisfaction for the renewed momentum in Italian-Japanese bilateral relations, as proven by the meeting in Rome between Prime Ministers Draghi and […]

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Undersecretary Della Vedova speaks at Lugano Conference: “we will support the reconstruction of Ukraine”

Undersecretary Benedetto Della Vedova took the floor this morning at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano. “We are here to confirm our political, military and financial support for Ukraine and its people, for its territorial integrity and sovereignty, for its independence and freedom, for its resistance and, clearly, for its reconstruction,” Mr Della Vedova pointed […]

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Mission of Minister Luigi Di Maio to the Republic of Türkiye

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, attends the Italy-Türkiye intergovernmental summit with Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

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Tunis: an exhibition on Italian ecodesign

The “3CODESIGN_3R_Ridurre_Riciclare_Riutilizzare” exhibition of Italian ecodesign organized by the Italian Cultural Institute and arranged by architect Silvana Annicchiarico, opened in Tunis. The exhibition aims to offer an overview of how, in the light of the new need for environmental sustainability, Italian design is going through a real trend reversal from the production systems and design […]

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Press accreditation note – “Ripartiamo in Sicurezza” event of the Farnesina Crisis Unit (11 July 2022)

On Monday 11 June 2022 the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will open the event “Ripartiamo in sicurezza”, to be held at the Farnesina, from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. The new version of the “Viaggiare Sicuri” website will be launched for the occasion, as well as the inclusion of the Crisis Unit […]

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Reminder media accreditation notice – sustainability mobility event (Farnesina, 6 July 2022)

At 10.30 AM on Wednesday 6 July a sustainable mobility day will begin at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The event will see the “switch-on” of two new electric vehicle recharging pillars installed in the Cortile d’onore at the Farnesina. The “Emilia 4” four-seater solar-powered car will also be on show to the […]

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Addis Ababa celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of architect Arturo Mezzedimi

The Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa – under the Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Agreement with the Università Iuav di Venezia and in cooperation with the EiABC – Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (University of Addis Ababa) – organized an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of architect Arturo […]

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Della Vedova at the conference for the reconstruction of Ukraine

Undersecretary of State Benedetto Della Vedova will head the Italian delegation at the Ukraine Recovery Conference, scheduled to be held in Lugano on 5 and 6 July. The conference will focus on Ukraine’s future reconstruction prospects, both economic and infrastructural as well as social and humanitarian. The conference will be attended by Ukrainian Prime Minister […]

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Meeting between the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Rome, Goran Aleksić.

Today, the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Rome, Goran Aleksić. The Secretary General expressed his satisfaction over the close bilateral relations between Italy and Serbia, as confirmed by Minister Di Maio’s visit to Belgrade on 22 June 2022. During their discussion, […]

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​Canada – 11th edition of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival

The Embassy of Italy in Ottawa, the Diplomatic-Consular Network and ICE-Agenzia have co-produced the 11th edition of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF), which opened on 24 June 2022 and will run until 16 July. This year, the event returns to indoor and outdoor screenings, while also retaining its successful online programme. It is available […]

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Media accreditation notice – sustainability mobility event (Farnesina, 6 July 2022)

At 10.30 on Wednesday 6 July a sustainable mobility day will begin at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The event will see the “switch-on” of two new electric vehicle recharging pillars installed in the Cortile d’onore at the Farnesina. The “Emilia 4” four-seater solar-powered car will also be on show to the […]

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​Two works by Berengo Gardin enter the Farnesina Collection

A browse through the recent acquisitions by the Farnesina Collection reveals “Polesine, Veneto” (1971) and “Taranto” (1993) by Gianni Berengo Gardin (Santa Margherita Ligure, 1930) The first photograph is from a series on the Po Delta. It recounts an ancient landscape characterised by the “persistence of agricultural work in all its antiquity”, untouched by modern […]

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